Snow was still on
the ground when this photo was taken in 1910 at the Hewettville
School. The stocking caps and the woolen clothes provided warmth.
One-room school houses were usually heated by a single potbelly
stove--those seated close to it got warm quickly and then roasted;
those at the edges remained chilled on one side and tepid on the
other. There were some days when ice had to be broken out of the
water bucket.

The 1910 photo
below was loaned to the Press by Vera Shumway of Neillsville.
Pictured are: